/*
 * JHeuristics - The Java Meta-Heuritics Library
 * Copyright (C) 2004-2005, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande. All rights reserved.
 * 
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 * 
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 * 
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 */
package org.jheuristics.ga;

import org.jheuristics.DefaultIndividual;
import org.jheuristics.Individual;
import org.jheuristics.util.BitString;

/**
 * TODO
 *
 * @author Marcell Manfrin, marcell@ourgrid.org, Jan 9, 2006
 */
public class DefaultIndividualsFactory implements IndividualsFactory {
	private int genLength;

	/**
	 * TODO
	 *
	 * @param numElements
	 */
	public DefaultIndividualsFactory(int genLength) {
		if (0 > genLength) {
			// TODO: ERROR MSG
			throw new IllegalArgumentException();
		}
		this.genLength = genLength;
	}

	/**
	 * TODO
	 *
	 * @param config
	 * @return
	 * @see org.jheuristics.ga.IndividualsFactory#createRandomIndividual(org.jheuristics.ga.GAConfig)
	 */
	public Individual createRandomIndividual(GAConfig config) {
		return new DefaultIndividual(new BitString(getGenLength(), config.getRandomGenerator()));
	}

	/**
	 * TODO
	 *
	 * @param gens
	 * @param config
	 * @return
	 * @see org.jheuristics.ga.IndividualsFactory#createSpecificIndividual(java.lang.Object, org.jheuristics.ga.GAConfig)
	 */
	public Individual createSpecificIndividual(Object gens, GAConfig config) {
		return new DefaultIndividual(gens);
	}

	/**
	 * TODO
	 *
	 * @return
	 */
	public int getGenLength() {
		return genLength;
	}

}
